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In many games there is a ranking system, the players with the highest point value are listed in a "high score" table.
One of the crew species is a race of humans.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
IGF is the Independent Games Festival, an annual gathering of Indie developers. The term also refers to the associated awards.
These achievements are not official Xbox or Steam Achievements, nor PlayStation Trophies; however, they are designed to encourage the player in the same manner.
Games that were funded through Kickstarter.
Your crew members will gain experience in whatever subsystem you assign them to man. Over time, they will level up in skill on that subsystem, providing greater bonuses.
It's easy to lose oneself in the heat of battle. Luckily, some games will alert the player as to when they are close to death.
A predatory insect native to warmer regions. Just be glad you aren't prey.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
A Multi-Phase Boss is a boss that undergoes a significant and instantaneous change in abilities, attack speed, and/or attack pattern during the fight. These bosses do not fully regain health between forms and appearance changes are usually minimal, if at all.
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Combat that takes place in real time, but that can be paused to give commands to certain characters.
A concept where the game must be restarted if you are killed. It is a mechanic found in most arcade games, but the term is usually used in reference to the RPG genre where the mechanic is less common, particularly "roguelike" games as well as strategy games such as Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics where characters die if they are defeated in battle. Often used as a significant plot device.
By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
Pixel art refers to digital images composed of visible pixels, drawn with individual pixel-level intent and precision.
A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
Procedural Generation refers to the creation of content algorithmically as the game is running. This content generally coexists with standard, authored content; the two are not mutually exclusive.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Those who choose to Rebel against authority or attempt to topple 'The Man' or a greater power. Also known as insurgents
Games that allow the player to give custom names to characters in the game, most often the protagonist.
One of the crew species is a race of fully sentient robots.
Roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing games characterized by the exploration of randomly-generated dungeons and permanent death. These characteristics were featured in the classic computer game Rogue, hence the term "Roguelike".
Having a regenerating shield allows for the character to hide when his shield is low. This makes gameplay easier as the character is not always looking around for health.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Forced labor, indentured servitude, humans relegated to property. One of the greatest affronts to individual freedom. Some games employ this as a gameplay mechanic or a major story point.
Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
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